Most arguments against DEI are underpinned by the false dichotomy that meritocracy is the ONLY alternative. Did they conveniently forget about nepotism? What about the boys club? And good old fashioned “cultural fit”? Meritocracy is not what we had before, nor is it what they want now.
We hear a lot of talk about how expensive job seeker is, helping people at the bottom of the wealth distribution stay out of being homeless. Meanwhile tax concessions for Aus wealthiest people rivals it. #auspol@grogsgamut.bsky.social
It makes me wonder about all the images out there waiting to be found. Who created them, and who do they belong to? I don’t know what the answer is, but I suspect it’s an uncomfortable one. Perhaps the hint of a signature in this image best conveys that sentiment. 3/4
Anyone can reproduce it using the same phrase, seed & version of SD. It’s as if it always existed as an output, awaiting the right input, making it more like something I “found”. Even the word “discovered” would be giving to much credit to the role I played in its production. 2/4
Delayed for 35 minutes on the tarmac because a printer is broken. Who puts “print document” on the critical path of a highly schedule-dependent workflow? 🙃
Runner-up quote: “The smartest person in the world will still struggle with the basic task of getting a cat into a cat carrier if the cat doesn’t want to go inside.”
“Maybe any entity significantly smarter than a human being would be crippled by existential despair, or spend all its time in Buddha-like contemplation. Or ... become obsessed with the risk of hyperintelligence, and spend all its time blogging about that.” https://flip.it/MddBeX
Pro tip: If your feedback form requires me to rate a specific individual within your organisation poorly, you won't be getting any feedback from me at all. I'm more than happy to rate products and services, but I'm not your HR department.
